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KINGDOM OF MOROCCO

WIND SAND IN South of Morocco

Presented by: DAKI HANANE

the Kingdom of Morocco is a country located in North Africa

Morocco is bordered with Mediterranean sea on the north, Algeria to the east and southeast, Mauritania to the south and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.

Population: 32 Million

Surface: 715 square kilometers

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Morocco has a varied topography including coastal plains, upland plateaus, and atlas mountains. Its climate is determined by its latitude and its topography.

Morocco climate

The Azores high-pressure area, which is part of The subtropical high-pressure zone strongly controls the weather over the northwestern part of Africa. As a result, weather is often stable and sunny in morocco

Azores high pressure( dry episode)

Morocco climate

Sand storm in Morocco

sand storm in morocco: Sandstorms aren't really storms of sand, they're just high winds in a place where everything is covered in drifts

of desert.

Sand storm

VIS CHANNEL

IR CHANNEL

COMPOSITE RGB

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Nb Days

0 3 5 5 2 1 3 4 2 1 2 1

NUMBER OF DAYS OF SAND WIND

STATION : ERRACHIDIA

DRY SEASONS

AGADIR TOWN CASABLANCA TOWN

Atlas Mountains

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